Can anyone ID this toolbox?

[spongerich]

Hi

I picked up this toolbox for $20 on CL a few weeks ago and was hoping that someone might recognize it. It was pretty rusty, but a little sanding, primer and a few coats of Rustoleum red got it looking decent.

The drawer slides work decently, but I'd really like to get them apart for a good cleaning and lubrication. I've fiddled with them but haven't found a way to remove them short of drilling out the rivets.

It's certainly not up to the standards of some of the amazing restorations I've seen here, but it's just a spare to travel with when my son and I take our quads up to my friends place upstate and a definite improvement over the cardboard boxes we used to toss in the car!


Pics at:

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af320/rmaracing/toolbox1.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af320/rmaracing/toolbox4.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af320/rmaracing/toolbox2.jpg
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af320/rmaracing/toolbox3.jpg

Thanks for any assistance.

 

[thump186]

I'd like to know also as i have the same box.

 

[Adam@theHoffmanGroup]

It looks like an older snapon. I would slip some really thin steel (like a feeler gauge) into the slider. Snappy makes a special tool for this.

nice score for $20

 

[Steve in Mi]

Looks like a Williams box I once owned.

 

[ironheadtom]

That is a killer score for 20 bucks

 

[murph64]

It looks a lot like the one I have - http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=724570&postcount=121

I'll get a pic of the label tomorrow.


Andy

 

[spongerich]

Thanks everyone. It never even occurred to me that it could be a Snap On but after the suggestion that it might be a little googling lead me to some pics that appear pretty similar.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/chrislehr07/garage/IMG_2509.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/chrislehr07/garage/IMG_2510.jpg

The shape of the drawer lips looks just about right.

Knowing that it's probably not a old piece of junk, I'm a bit more motivated to see if I can get the drawers out and give the inside a good cleaning and some paint to protect it.

Thanks Adam for the suggestion about trying a feeler gauge. I'm assuming that I slip it in behind the little rivet and give the drawer a bit of a tug?